Information for record number MWA2683:
Excavation of Roman Settlement to N of Home Farm

Summary Excavation of a Roman settlement uncovered wells pits and a ditch, together with brooches and a quantity of pottery including Samian ware, all probably of Flavian date. The site is north and northeast of the church at Baginton.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Pit, Ditch, Well
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Baginton
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 74
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Found during working of Hall Pit. Finds are now in Coventry Museum.
2 Site 3: A worked-out gravel pit W of the main road, lying between Kimberley and Francis roads and stretching back to the Park boundary. Much coarse pottery was found. From behind the bungalow came several handles of amphorae. There were many mortaria rims and bases, very many broken jars of rusticated pottery and a number of Samian sherds. Close to the wall bounding the Site on the S were two stone-lined wells. They yielded quantities of pottery and the skull of a horse. A third well was located in the middle of the Site. Many sherds were found. The steining of the well was supported on four oak timbers. A rubbish pit nearby held bow-brooches similar to examples from Wroxeter, which were thought to be Flavian. All the material from this Site is early, possibly Flavian.
3 In the S section of Hall Pit were found two rubbish pits which held Samian ware, some late 1st century/early 2nd century coarse ware and a bronze brooch. A ditch with pottery of the same date was found nearby. Additional finds were recovered from "Hall Pit" comprising a sherd of a bucket urn, two blades, flakes and two cores.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Article in serial
Title: A Summary of the Finds of Romano-British Material at Baginton, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Edwards, J.H.
Date: 1951
Page Number: 144-9
Volume/Sheet: 2:5
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: PCNHSS vol 3 no 1
Author/originator: Edwards J
Date: 1957
Page Number: 25-31
Volume/Sheet: 3:1
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thomson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 4402
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique excavation Archaeologists excavate sites so that they can find information and recover archaeological materials before they are destroyed by erosion, construction or changes in land-use.

Depending on how complicated and widespread the archaeological deposits are, excavation can be done by hand or with heavy machinery. Archaeologists may excavate a site in a number of ways; either by open area excavation, by digging a test pit or a trial trench.
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period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument RUBBISH PIT * A pit where domestic waste material is deposited. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument URN * A garden ornament, usually of stone or metal, designed in the the form of a vase used to receive the ashes of the dead. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument GRAVEL PIT * A steep-sided pit formed by, and for, the extraction of gravel. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. back
monument BUNGALOW * A one-storey house. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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